For the Century's End Poems 1990-1999 |
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| Author:
| Haines, John M. |
| Series title: | Pacific Northwest Poetry Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-295-80680-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2016 |
| Publisher: | University of Washington Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $18.95 |
Book Description:
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Poet and essayist John Haines has forged, in his long career, a body of work noted both for its austere lyric beauty, anchored in the solitude and spaciousness of his early years as a homesteader in the Alaskan wilderness, and for its penetrating responsiveness to the human condition. The generous selection of poems in For the Century's End conveys, in form and substance, the singular and exhilarating power of Haines's poetry of the past decade, underscoring his role as one...
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Poet and essayist John Haines has forged, in his long career, a body of work noted both for its austere lyric beauty, anchored in the solitude and spaciousness of his early years as a homesteader in the Alaskan wilderness, and for its penetrating responsiveness to the human condition. The generous selection of poems in For the Century's End conveys, in form and substance, the singular and exhilarating power of Haines's poetry of the past decade, underscoring his role as one of the major writers of our time.